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Patented Ian. 7, I902, G. M. COCKE.

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(Application filed Aug. 6, 1897.)

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Patented Jan. 7, I902. G. M. COGKE.

STOVE. (Application filed. Au 6, 1397.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 690,564, dated January '7, 1902 Application filed August 6, 1897- Serial No. 647,279. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. COCKE, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves; and I do hereby declare that-the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The main object of my invention is to provide for removing and replacing the fire-pot of a stove having a relatively small fire box or body without taking the stove apart.

It consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, as here inafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like letters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a stove embodying my improvement, showing the manner of removing or replacing the fire-pot. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2, Fig. 3, of one of the side plates of the stove,

showing in plan View a portion of the fire-pot-- supporting ring and the detachable crosspiece which constitutes a continuation thereof across one of the side-door openings. Fig. 3 is a front view of said cross-piece and a portion of the door-jambs, to'which it is attached at the ends. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 4 4, Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is an inside view of the cross-piece and a portion of the door-jambs; and Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 6 6, Fig. 5', of the cross-piece.

A designates the body or fire-box of a heating-stove, which is provided with upper and lower mica doors in the front and sides, a and a designating doors on one side.

Bis a horizontally-disposed ring for supporting the fire-pot. It is securedinside of the fire-box at a level between the upper and lower mica doors and is open on one side of the stove, next to the door-opening therein, as shown in Fig. 1.

, in Fig. 1, can pass through it.

C is the fire-pot, which has an outwardly- 5o projecting rim 0 around its upper edge, which rests upon the ring'B when the pot is placed in position in the stove. The opening of both side doors a a is made a little greater in height than the diameter of the fire-pot, so

that the latter when placed edgewise,as shown To provide a door-opening of suflicient height without unnecessarily increasing the height of the stove and distortingits design and proportions, I prefer to arch the top of the opening and make the upper door to correspond in-shape.

In this class of stoves it is preferable to provide two sets of mica doors, one above and the other below the top of the fire-pot, so that either the upper or lower door can be opened and closed independently of the other.

It is also preferable to make these doors of smaller size than would be necessary to close the entire opening in either panel into the fire-box. Heretofore it has been customary in the manufacture of the cheaper grades of this class of stoves to make noprovision for the removal and renewal of the fire-pot other than by taking the stove apart, which is a troublesome and expensive operation. To

\ provide for this contingency in such stoves which have a body or fire-box of relatively small dimensions compared with the fire-pot,

"I provide one ofthe' door-openings, prefer- 8o ably in one side of the stove, with a detachable cross-piece D, which is shown in detail in Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive. This cross-piece when in place forms a' parting or division strip between and bottom and top jambs for the upper and lower mica doors, admitting of their being opened and closed independently of each other and preserving the design and symmetry of the stove, which has similar division-strips cast with the front and other 0 side plate. The cross-piece D is fitted at the ends in recesses formed in the side doorjambs d d and is provided at one end with a turn-button E for holding it in place therein, as shown most clearly in Figs. 4 and 5. The 5 end of the cross-piece opposite the turn-button is inserted in place first and projects behind the jamb d on that side of the door opening, as shown in Figs. 2 4, and 5. On the inside said cross-piece is formed with an inwardly-projecting ledge or flange e, which forms a continuation of the ring B across the door-opening and serves to 'support the fire-pot on that side of the stove and to close the space between it and the outer wall of the stove.

To remove a defective fire-pot and replace it with a new one, it is necessary only to open the 'upper and lower doors a a, take out the cross-piece D, and raise the magazine, (if the stove is a self-feeder provided with a magazine,) so as to permit the fire-pot to be turned up on edge, as shown in Fig. 1, in which position it will readily pass through the dooropening.

I claim-- 1. A stove having upper and lower doors opening into the fire-box, a cross-bar detachably engaged at the ends with the side-door jambs between the doors and forming top and bottom jambs therefor, and a removable fire-pot adapted to pass edgewise through the door-opening when the cross-bar is withdrawn, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A stove having upper and lower doors opening into the fire-box, a removable firepot, a horizontally-disposed pot-supporting ring having an opening in one side next to the door-opening and a detachable cross-bar forming when in place a parting-strip between the doors and a continuation of the potsupporting ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A stove having upper and lower doors opening into the fire-box, a removable firepot of somewhat smaller diameter than the height of the door-opening, and a detachable cross-piece constituting when in place a partingstrip between and top and bottom jambs for the doors, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A stove having upper and lower doors opening into the fire-box, a removable firepot adapted to pass edgewise through the opening of both upper and lower doors, and a detachable cross-piece fitting at the ends in recesses in the side-door jambs between the doors, and provided at one end with a fastening for holding it in place, said cross-piece forming the top jamb for the lower door and the bottom jamb for the upper door, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. A stove having upper and lower doors opening into the fire-box, a removable firepot adapted to pass edgewise through the opening of both doors, ahorizontally-disposed pot-supporting ring open on one side next to the door-opening, and a detachable crosspiece fitted at the ends into recesses in the door-jarnbs between the doors, provided with a fastening for holding it in place and having an inwardly-projecting flange which forms a continuation of said ring across the dooropening, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing asmy own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. COCKE.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. L. Goss, ORRA E. SHULT. 

